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Wound healing genes and susceptibility to cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil: role of COL1A1.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2015
Almeida Lucas, Oliveira Joyce, Guimarães Luiz Henrique, Carvalho Edgar M, Blackwell Jenefer M, Castellucci Léa
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Previous studies have demonstrated a role for wound healing genes in resolution of cutaneous lesions caused by Leishmania spp. in both mice and humans, including the gene FLI1 encoding Friend leukemia virus integration 1. Reduction of Fli1 expression in mice has been shown to result in up-regulat...
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